Yuri Game Thread

Recent News:

Starlight Vega released
Last section of Rising Angels Hope about to release
Fear Effect kickstarter, lots of questions still about Hana and Rain's relationship
A Tokyo Necro fan translation may be underway
Pillars of Eternity added a lesbian companion?

>>2031124
So is that's why it isn't launching on Linux for me?

>>2031129
http://steamcommunity.com/app/377690/discussions/0/368542585859441522/ is all I know, they say they're working on it?

>>2031131
Yeah it's the same problem. I guess I'll have to wait then.

>>2031129
>>2031132

They fucked up by putting all the files inside a folder in the root. If you just move everything to the root it'll work fine.

It works when you download from Steam but the steam launcher just isn't directing it to the right place
Open it directly
Program Files > Steam > steamapps > common > Starlight Vega > Starlight Vega.exe

>>2031133
>>2031136
They fixed it, verify game cache if you aren't getting update.

Is there any way to scroll back like the kindred spirits dialogue box? I accidentally skipped a line.

Also I'm enjoying the atmosphere, I didn't expect it to be spooky.

>>2031149
Mouse scroll.

>>2031150
Thanks.

Who is everyone going for on their first play through? I think I'll prefer Melody but I haven't seen the other option(s?) yet.

>>2031154
I'm going for Melody too. I always have a soft spot for osananajimi in my yuri.

>>2031154
Going for the harem.

>>2031154
Probably Scherza for me. Melting the ice queen should be fun.

>>2031154
Scherza I think. Not that I know when I'll find the time between being responsible and doing productive things and DS3...might not be until next week!

>>2031154
Whatever happens, happens. How long is the game anyway?

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All daughterus are loved equally, but I'm particularly proud of this ones design.

>>2031169
Cute, nya.

>>2031170
I'm glad you think a cat is fine, too.

>>2031169
The more you post, the more I'm excited for your thing.

>>2031182
Sadly it can only happen if AA itself gets funded (and isn't a commercial failure), since I hope to use the funds I gain from that to fund my animal girl project myself. I don't want to be one of those devs who launches a new KS for all of their projects.

>>2031116
>Starlight Vega released
Was thinking of picking it up, but that FFIX port is looking awfully tempting.
If anybody had started playing it already, how long is it approximately? VNDB has nothing yet.

>>2031159
I'm actually kind of hoping you have to unlock the harem route. Even in hetero nukige that's usually the case.

>>2031191
Pirate FFIX, buy SV. It's a lot of fun so far.

>>2031193
>pirating FFIX
I'm a terrible person, but not that terrible.
I guess I'll wait till reviews are in.

>>2031184
I have a feeling it will do fine.

>>2031191
>FFIX
Well, if you don't mind spending 20 bucks for a 16 year old game which is just a port from the Android version. Personally I decided to wait for the price to drop before getting it, I bought SV instead and I'm not regretting it, so far.

>>2031154
Mom.

>>2031191
100k script, fair bit of branching, not a whole lot of CG... I'd estimate about 3-4 hrs a route, maybe 5 total. I haven't gone through it yet, so those are just estimates.

>>2031197
They both cost about the same here, and 16 year old jRPGs still hold up today. Especially if you've got a pair of nostalgia goggles lying around.

>>2031202
Much appreciated.

>>2031202
I've been playing for about 3 hours and don't feel like I'm near the end yet. Maybe I've just been reading slowly.

>>2031191
Does ffix have Yuri? If not then just get starlight vega

>>2031191
Get Starlight Vega, it is a unique experience being on the front lines of a fresh yuri release.

>>2031201
Good taste.

>>2031207
Same here, although I like to take my time when reading. Unless the story picks up the pace near considerably I feel like this should be in the 5-8 hour range.

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That got a lot darker than I expected. Should we start a SV thread?

>>2031211
>it is a unique experience being on the front lines of a fresh yuri release
People say that about every single yuri release. It really isn't, unless you discuss it with somebody.

>>2031214
Well you're already here discussing it with us.

>>2031214
>People say that about every single yuri release.
I sure hope people end up saying that about mine.

>>2031214
They didn't say it about mine.

>>2031215
By "discussing the game" I meant "talking about its plot and characters", not "trying to estimate the length". Visual novels with the focus on romance, especially shorter ones, generally don't have a lot to discuss, so being "the first" doesn't mean much. Unless you tend to fuck yourself over by highlighting spoilers, then yes, getting it on its release date is probably for the better.

>>2031216
I'll personally say it if you deliver on that mindbreak.

>>2031216
You hyped for Starlight Vega, AA Dev?

>>2031220
It's happening. I've been conducting a lot of research.
>>2031222
I'm happy that it's finally out, I was getting worried over the delays. I'll wait for reviews to kick in before purchasing myself, though.

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>>2031225
>I've been conducting a lot of research
I'm not sure if I should ask you to elaborate.

Just in case, though, don't let your research near any tech, especially phones, and make sure she stays healthy. You won't be able to get a doctor without raising suspicion, and disposing of the body is very troublesome.

>>2031220
Honestly I've had a lot of stuff I'd love to discuss in the game so far, but I don't want to flood the thread and I don't know how far any other anons are, so so far the safest topic of discussion is "how long is this".

>>2031230
You can always start a SV thread, although I'd wait until morning so that more people could get into it.

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>>2031225
I sure hope it's avoidable, tho. Unless my estimations ("it'll be a fluffy comedy VN featuring fluffy cute girls with animal ears") are sorely mistaken.

>>2031233
AA and "cute girls with animals ears" are two different projects, though. The latter is just a concept, from what I understand.

>>2031228
Thanks for the kek, anon. Don't worry, by research I just mean I've been reading every doujin tagged 'mindbreak' I can find. Sometimes my eyes go fuzzy from looking at the screen for too long.
>>2031233
Oh, the mindbreak I was referring to there is in AA, not the animal girls project. The mindbreak in AA is avoidable, but only if you want to get the bad end.
It will primarily be a comfy slice of life game unlike AA, but expect lots of lewd corruption.

>>2031235
Yup, you're right.

>>2031210
I remember playing FF9 as a kid and thought Zidane was a girl for pretty much the whole experience.

Just change his name and you won't notice a thing, heh.

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>>2031236
>expect lots of lewd corruption

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>>2031239
It's a very weird feel to know onee sama's may end up shclicking to my project

>>2031236
So, in a nutshell
>AA has mindbreak in the bad ending, and is NOT a comfy SoL
>"cute girls with animal ears" IS a comfy SoL that has lots of lewd corruption anyways

I think I got this, then. Have ALL of my money!

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Repeat of my question, how does /u/ feel about アトラク=ナクア?

People always say it's obscure.

>>2031242
You're 99% there, in AA the mindbreak occurs during the good ending - if you don't mindbreak the heroine, you'll get her bad end. She needs the mindbreak to be able to accept the fact that she's gay, she's in deep denial up until that point.

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>>2031243
It's been vaguely discussed a few times in terms of how villainous the protagonist is and how properly gay she is, IIRC, but being old and untranslated only a few people have any opinion on it.

I mostly know it because I was checking out other Alice Soft games, and I expect many people can say the same.

Still, it's not really super-obscure. There's way deeper levels of obscurity to get into. Attached potentially relevant.

>>2031250
Possessioner isn't obsure even on 4chan. People bring it up in pixel-art threads.

>>2031244
>has been away from /u/ for a while
AA Dev what is the project your working on?

MC being forced to realize they're gay is one of my *umf* buttons...

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>>2031253
Here you go:
https://lemmasoft.renai.us/forums/viewtopic.php?f=43&t=37259
It's pic related whose forced to realize they're gay, the development for the MC is going from
>I want to hatefuck this woman
to
>I love this woman

>>2031252
I guess it's a matter of where we go then? I see Atlach-Nacha talked about regularly but I've never seen Possessioner mentioned once. But I'm more VN fandom and less h-game.

Fate Extella confirms FemHakuno is back

Starlight Vega is really good so far. Kinda beats out Sakura Fantasy for best Western Yuri VN for me.

>>2031278
>Sakura Fantasy
That shouldn't be hard.

>>2031113
Waiting warmly for pirated version

>>2031283
I thought it was really decent. Was honestly very surprised how good it was. Storyline was pretty good as well...well compared to previous Sakura titles. All likable characters too.

>>2031270
>Pics or the lesbian never happen.

>>2031254
>?
What's this girl's personality? Is she your ara-ara?

Is this the right place to recommend otome vns with a single yuri route? Or just full yuri?

>>2031288
It's not like there's an abundance of pure yuri games so go ahead.

>>2031287
Her character bio is in the link but she's about as far removed from ara-ara as you can get. There is ara-ara elsewhere in the game though.

>>2031243
I enjoyed it, but it's not exactly a pure yuri game.

I wish there were more yuri romance (伝奇) works.

>>2031288
Sure, just let people know which one it is so they don't go in with the wrong expectations. And details are always nice.

>>2031288
You can check VNDB by tags, one of them is literally "Girls love only"
https://vndb.org/g1986?fil=tag_inc-1986.tagspoil-0;m=0

>>2031284
If you (or anyone else) happen to live in Latin America you can get it from some Brazilian trader for ~7,5USD. At least the creator gets some money that way.

>>2031289
Fair reasoning

/u/ already discussed Princess's Maid when it came out on Yuri GameJam, but the dev is also working on Princess's Pet, an otome vn with a yuri route. A short demo's out, but it's something, and it's not some last minute yuri route either.

>>2031303
>details
It's real short. You play a flirty schoolgirl who hits on the yuri route. That's it. The het routes are easy to avoid and it's easy enough to blow off the guys. I did scan the dev's tumblrs and she does like yuri well enough, meaning the yuri won't be tacked on in the full free game.

Guess we can add granblue to the list.
Notable lesbians: vira, katalina, female mc.

Sid the Wyvern from Starlight is my favorite character so far,

Laria: "I can assure you my intentions are pure..."

Sid: "Your intentions are anything but pure, you degenerate, horny-"

>>2031313
I think "prisons of learning" is my favourite.

>>2031313

>That feeling when
You stop going for Lyria when you get a strong suspicion that she is Aria's Grandma from the hidden diary segment early on.

I don't know what to think right now...

>>2031322
Having just finished all the routes I'm still mildly confused by what exactly happened between Aria's grandparents and the royal family. But I don't think you'll be committing incest.

>>2031322
Based on Aria's grandfather having sealed her there, I guessed that she tried to steal Aria's grandmother from him.[/spoiler[

How's the writing in SV? I like the stuff I've read before from Melody's writer, but the rest of the demo had me feeling kind of iffy.

>>2031243
>アトラク=ナクア

It's well-known in Japan, at least, that "At-ko in Nyarko-san was a dark haired hime-cut lady appreciater.

http://nyar.wikia.com/wiki/Atko

I cannot figure out how to get onto Melody's route. I get to the play rehearsal and then make the Melody choices after that but I keep getting a bad end.

>>2031348
I haven't completed myself, but I think you have to not be an ass to Lyrica, but at the same time don't try to bang her. If Lyrica is acting friendly towards you, then she won't get pissed enough for the bad end.

>>2031348
I just got there too, that bad end cut like a knife. I picked Melody options every time and shunned Lyria every time, I thought for sure that would be the best way to go about it. I'm thinking we need to be nice to Lyria at some point so she doesn't snap.. I didn't expect the branches to be this deep, now I'm wishing I made more saves.

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Every day I come home my dog has this stupid fucking look on its face.

>>2031362
Alright, I figured it out how to stay on the Melody track:
Pick up the gem, Tell name, Agree, Did you have anything you wanted to know...?, Suggest handheld with limited battery life, I don't think so, Sorry..., Go meet Melody, I'd like to know more about these weird dreams I've been having, Mind your own business, Hell no
There are a lot of good scenes hidden in all these branches, even if it leads to a bad end.

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>>2031361
>>2031362
>>2031379
I went mostly for Lyria route, with choices like 'be rude' early on because I tend to pick what I think the MC would do in VNs but it seems that turned out for the better. It was really easy to switch to Melody and Scherza in my case.
When Lyria asked if I would go to Vega with her, that seems to be the final say in picking between Lyria and Melody. If you choose to stay, you can pick between Melody and Scherza when talking to Sid.

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>カタハネ ―An' call Belle―

http://www.katahane.com/

It's happening, it's really happening now! Summer release - hopefully, as 10mile isn't a stranger to year-long release delays.

Reminder - this is not a sequel, this is a remaster. But nonetheless, one of the most enjoyable titles with yuri I've ever read.

>>2031372
That dog is ripped.

>>2031372
Liru?

>>2031387
私はまだオリジナルを積んでいる。だがもうやっても意味ないから、このリメイクを待とう。

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Nee-sans I have an important, life or death question about this game.
Is the MC Top or Bottom?


My purchase hinges on the answer.

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>>2031406
Bottom left.

>>2031408
Sorry, I should've phrased that better.

Is MC a dom or a sub? an uke or a seme?

>>2031412
I know what you meant. I was trying to make a joke.
I think it might depend on the route. She doesn't seem too submissive, but it's hard to be dominant when a six foot tall horny (hah) demon tries to jump your bones.

I have a feeling SV's MC might be clinically retarded.
>is told that the character is a princess
>surprised when she finds out the princess is related to the queen

Somebody should make a SV thread. Not it.

>>2031429
She did seem really fucking dumb on a few occasions. Teenagers though?

>>2031429
There seems to be a distinct problem of some texts being recycled on too many routes, this line actually makes sense in most of them, since Aria doesn't know Lyria is a princess in several possible routes to this scene.

>>2031444
Ah, I see. I had a feeling that might be the problem, since there are several occasions on which certain lines don't really fit in with what was shown and told before.

Flowers Aki-hen Opening movie will be revealed at Character1 on the 1st of May. Expect it to be uploaded to YouTube later that day or perhaps a day after.

Also, it is now possible to ship all-aged PC games overseas through Amazon Japan. Those looking to get the Flowers Summer fanbook should try Amazon as it doesn't seem like AmiAmi will be carrying the fanbook.

Siege of Dragonspear introduce another lesbian (or bi i don't know) but the romance is still pretty bad

>>2031450
>Flowers Aki-hen Opening movie will be revealed at Character1 on the 1st of May.

Cool, I might check it out if I get the chance. But I presume huge crowds absolutely everywhere.

>>2031450
>Also, it is now possible to ship all-aged PC games overseas through Amazon Japan.
Are you sure about that? The product info section still has:
国外配送の制限: この商品は、日本国外にお届けすることができません。

>>2031444
>>2031445
I don't know if its related but there also seem to be bugs with the paths, if you go with the Melody route and then choose the options to leave her for Lyria, you get a bit of a altered scene when you arrive in vegas, but the game continues to treat you like on the Melody route afterwards.

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>>2031458
Ignore that. They have yet to update all the text in the product details. If you have an international address set as your default, this should show up at the top:

>AmazonGlobal International Shipping is available to your selected address. Please check estimated delivery date during checkout.

>>2031458
There was a news article recently about Amazon Japan being willing to ship a few more things overseas now, including some video games, but nowhere near all of them. Still varies by item.

>>2031472
PC games weren't allowed during that previous batch. I think they've only added this after that. All-aged only though.

>>2031471
>>2031458
FYI, the fanbook is listed under software so previously it wasn't allowed to be shipped overseas too. I have both items on pre-order. Just try and checkout.

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>>2031396
Yuri needs more muslce.
>>2031397
I didn't have her in mind at all when designing, but your post made me realize how similar they are. Changed it up a bit now.

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>>2031485
>Yuri needs more muslce

>>2031400
ワイも待ってるで。

>>2031465
Scherza's Route took a few tries, but it is a very good one.

>>2031525

I actually somehow managed to stumble over it on my first playthrough, though I did get the bad end at first.
Just a shame its so much shorter than the others, the resoultion and ending feels kinda rushed. Though it mostly only bothers because Scherza is such a great character I'd have liked Aria to spend more time with her.

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Taurie a cute.
A CUTE!

>>2031534
I didn't find it that short. Did you get the bit with the monster?

>>2031537
I think you need to get that bit or you just bad end.
I wouldn't call it "short" but its definitly shorter than the other routes.

>>2031538
That was my last route and I was really tried by then, so it's possible I just didn't notice. So did Lucinda fug the king or Scherza?

>>2031541
I haven't played all routes yet, but from Scherzas and Melodys I can't remember anything indicating she fucked the King, so if she did cheat it was with Scherza.

I still haven't managed to find the scene for the OP pic CG somehow.

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>>2031542
It's mentioned in the second half of Reid's diary, if you find it.

I think it's part of Lyria's route actually. I was very surprised when it happened.

>>2031545
Huh interesting, I'm not sure if I missed that. Though given the events of Scherza route it would seem kinda odd unless Lucinda really got around in the royal family.

>>2031548
I think you have to skip that part to get the Scherza route, so it's possible you did miss it. I got it my first and second route and I've been so confused since I did Scherza's.

>>2031550
Is it on the choice where you can either help Melody searching or look for info on dreams? Because I picked the latter, thats where I might have missed it and I haven't explored all branches yet.

Only theory I could come up with would be Scherzas was in love with Lucinda and thought they had something, Lucinda fucked the King (possibly with Scherza not knowing) and when Reid "killed" her Scherza used the whole confusion to put her in stasis or whatever she did.

So many posts about Starlight Vega. Wouldn't it be better to make a separate thread for it?

>>2031558
I don't think there is really enough to it to warrant a full thread.

>>2031559
Ouch.

>>2031560
Its not meant against the game, its pretty nice actually, but I wouldn't know what to discuss about it for the most part.

>>2031561
who best waifu?

Has the grammar for Starlight Vega improved since the demo? I remember playing that and it had fanfiction level writing with "The redhead blah de blah" while you know, showing an image of a character with red hair on the screen. Or am I thinking of another demo? It's been awhile.

>>2031571
You're going to have to be a bit more descriptive with your issue

>>2031571
sounds like catch canvas

Starlight Vega thread: >>2031585

>>2031525
I really liked Scherzas route until you get to the ending and its revealed all her despairing about saving her people was pure bullshit and she could have stopped the curse whenever she wanted.

>>2031571
That's not grammar.

>>2031582
I'm not that anon, but I think I know what they're talking about. Too many authors have a habit of repeatedly referring to their characters by their hair colour. A poor attempt at making their writing seem more interesting, I guess.

I haven't read Starlight Vega yet so I don't know if this is/was a problem with it.

>>2031588
>tfw might get my own thread someday
Just inspires me to work harder.

>>2031600
That's not really grammar. If the poster is going to complain about word choice they should at least attempt to properly use words themselves.

>>2031606
>That's not really grammar.
Wasn't ever trying to say it was.

>>2031600
In my experience it's especially common in same-sex literature because there are too many 'she's around.

Burly Detective Syndrome isn't necessarily wrong done once in a while, but it's ridiculous if over-used, and the occasionally-useful feature it has in pure text (burning in descriptors so the reader remembers them) is redundant in VN.

>>2031611
>Burly Detective Syndrome
Is that what it's called? You just made my Friday night.

>>2031603
Dude, I'm also looking forward to what you're doing, but you're starting to sound a bit like an attention whore, no offense intended. You should post with the name only when you're actually talking about stuff related to your project.

>>2031628
Thanks for the wake up call, anon. I've just been abit down in the dumps since /evn/ falsely accused my artist of tracing and turned it into a meme and won't stop shitposting about it so I can't post progress there anymore.
But thats no excuse for using /u/ as an emotional crutch.

>>2031628
>>2031639
It's alright, I like those little updates.

>>2031639
I'm glad you understand. Updates and news related to your VN are still welcome though. Keep up the good work and don't let false accusations get to you, also remember that seeking emotional support from an anonymous board is not a good idea.

>>2031641
I wasn't complaining about updates.

>>2031597
Then why is proper epithet and synonym usage covered in grammar and style guides?

>>2031690
>grammar and style
Isn't that your answer right there? It's a question of style.

>>2031639
I think they were making fun of the person who accused your artist of tracing and then just got carried away and made it something like the churros meme, rather making fun of you or your artist, though I can understand why you found it irritating.
If you feel like it, keep posting your updates, otherwise some of us will just look at the pretty pictures over here. :) Ignoring the accuser is probably a better approach, some times giving them any attention past a rebuttal makes some people think you've got a guilty conscience even if it's not the case.

>>2031690
What's incorrect about "the redhead"? It gets annoying if overused, but it's not wrong

Halp. Fell in love with Lyria at first sight and went through her route and now I can't find the motivation to go through the other routes.

>>2031717
Do it for the Harem ending!

>>2031717
Lyria is the best girl. I cannot ship anyone but MC and Lyria. Melody and the mean queen can have each other.

Sids too cool for anyone.

>>2031721
I cannot ship anything but the Harem end foursome. Its perfect.

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>>2031721
>Sids too cool for anyone.
He got the best ideas I give him that.

>>2031727
I love Aria's expressions in this game.

>>2031717
Maybe the SV thread will inspire you.

>>2031585

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>>2031308
>female mc.
You still have to start the game a and play through the tutorial (which is the story intro) with a male MC. So I guess without any explanation shortly after you begin your adventure you suddenly turn into a girl and no one seems to notice. You don't even have any way to switch until after the tutorial.

At least F/GO you pick before the game starts and can still switch through profile options if you want... which is still weird, pic releated.

>>2031756
They did this in Saint's row 3 too. Pretty confusing.

>>2031758
You were dressed up as your best friend in the tutorial for SR3. It's understandable that you look different.

Also Kinzie is best girl.

>>2031773
>Kinzie
No the living DyWinter is.

>>2031774
There's no point to having one twin.

>>2031542
Fun fact, the name of the achievement on steam related to it... NTR

>>2031756
Fate/Extra did this too iirc, not exactly new

>>2031756
I'm willing to look past it if it has femc specific lines instead of lazy gender switches.

>>2031808
There is none they just refer to whatever name you pick

>>2031812
I've heard that SR Vira wants Djeeta (femc's official name) for her imouto. Can anyone confirm? Also, Vira made a move on Djeeta during the April fools episode last year when Djeeta was changing.

>>2031817
Well, character description for Vira says she likes Catalina and cute girls. Djeeta is indeed a cute girl.

>>2031806
The character you started as in Fate/Exta wasn't even the main character, so not really a good example.

Scherza FTW. Although the gallery is missing their kiss :(

I can't wait to tackle the Harem Challenge. Scherza was tricky enough.

>>2031872
>>2031588

>>2031485
We need more tall, dark-haired, and handsome m/u/scle girls. Kinda like Daidouji.

>>2031485
Now draw an animal-girl with nice biceps.

>>2031865
I figured that would be implied since
>start as male character
>be female character rest of the game

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>>2031116
>Fear Effect kickstarter

Oh my. Backed.

Playing Black Closet.

This isn't love and sparkles.

This isn't love and sparkles at all.

>>2032633
Have you found the bondage scenes yet?

>>2032633
It's called "Black Closet"

What were you expecting

>>2031817
According to her official profile she just realized that she likes women romantically, Catalina also prefers women

>>2032731
>Katalina prefers women
Source on that?

I know about Vira one just realizing in her latest fate episode. From what little I have so far, Katalina has just been immensely popular but oblivious to everyone's feelings and the only ones she remotely likes are Lyria and that lizard.

>>2031192
You have to get the good end for all 3 heroines to play the harem route.

This mod might be of interest for XCOM 2 players.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=664649706

>>2032718
Closet fucking and kinky moments, not running the SS.

>>2033024
>yuri, hot girls and Nazis
This is going to end in tears, is it?

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So I couldn't find a download of Sacrament of the Zodiac and I ended up buying it. Then I thought to myself, "hey the onee-sans over at /u/ might enjoy it." so here you gals go.

https://mega.nz/#!KcdhmZSR!WLXYOSPfmOfMwLYmtyHghpwo0Uc1AyygbzSWhkJ0VBY

>>2033190
100% based. You can up the score with Starlight Vega.

>>2033190
Oh my, finally who thougth about poor fags. Thanks.

>>2033190
My hero.

Speaking of obscure VNs without links. Anyone here tried the JP doujin VN SeaBed? You can get it on the JP DLsite. Seems to be a yuri(or at least subtext?) mystery VN. I'd get it, it's actually pretty cheap (648円) and seems not too short for the price either (470k moji), but JP dlsite needs creditcards so I can't purchase it. It's not on the English dlsite unfortunately, where I could've used paypal.

>>2033235
You can also pay in konbini, I bought games on DLSite like that before.

>>2033241

Well, that's nice if you are in Japan. I'm unfortunately a liiittle far away for that unfortunately. Basically it's paypal or nothing. (I suppose "german bank transfer" would work too.. but if that's possible, paypal would be too)

>>2033235
I've played it, but haven't finished it yet. However it is definitely yuri from start to finish, though the story itself is a little heavy.

>>2033278

Interesting. I figured the story is a bit heavier, something like the infinity games or whatever.
Well, all I can do myself is waiting if a link will pop up at some point. (Or a way I can purchase it, but it's out for several months and if something gets to the English DL site, it's supposedly not taking that long)

>>2033279
I think the recent review by Kastel is a great representation of the work. The writing style is incredibly unique, and most definitely not for everyone.

I would upload the game, however I would really like for it to sell well, and seeing as the recent reviews on the English speaking side has been so positive, I'm going to wait a while, in the hopes that they'll be able to gain a few more purchases first. If I remember in a couple of weeks, then I may upload it.

>>2033314

I can understand that. I'd do that myself as well, if I'd actually be able to buy it. It's just unfortunate that I have no way for payment. But that's how it is. In the end I suppose I'm not really the "target audience" anyway, in a way. Although strangely enough some JP VNs are on the English DLsite, like that cycling Hanabira. Well, who knows how this works.

>>2033314
There are reviews on the English side? But the game isn't on the English side?

uploading or not makes no difference to me since I can't read japanese. It always annoys me how few yuri games come out on eng.dlsite though, even without translations.

>>2033330
https://tanoshimi.xyz/2016/04/16/ever17-review/

>>2033190
Thank you.

>>2033190
i want to be your bride, onee-chan

nolesbo though

Flowers isn't coming out anytime soon.

>Apr 18th - Re-write/editing 25%
http://follow.jastusa.com/post/128544859416/progresslog

>>2033368
And I was just about to ask whether there were any news. Bugger.

Well, my fault for expecting JAST to be on time. But man, they must've really fucked up if fixing the script takes so much time. What the hell made them think they were ready for the release?

>>2033368
ouch
it will be a long thirst after finishing yurirei

>>2033371
>What the hell made them think they were ready for the release?
They were ready on time, except with a shitty translation which they somehow thought they could get away with and nobody would complain. What's taking time isn't fixing the script, it's redoing the entire translation from scratch. The script they had shown with the demo was unsalvageable, and there is no reason to believe that the rest of their script was any better.

>>2033375
>They were ready on time, except with a shitty translation
So they weren't then.

>>2033376
Their 'excuse' seems to be that they had zero QA and just assumed whoever was translating it knew what they were doing, which turned out to be wrong. So it was "ready" in the sense that it had a full script in English, but that script was awful.

So give your thanks to the people who cared enough about Flowers to raise holy hell and make Jast do their jobs right. If it were a bigger company I'd say somebody must have been fired over this but I don't know if they have enough people to fire.

>>2033372
With everything else yuri coming out this year?

>>2033371
>Well, my fault for expecting JAST to be on time

I wonder if innocent grey wishes they'd just stuck with mangagamer yet

>>2033380

Not like Mangagamer would've had it out already. JAST is probably still faster than Mangagamer would've ended up being with their backlog and all. (Mangagamer would've probably only licensed it this year, after getting through their yuri licenses of last year)

>>2033380
i heard that pygmalion isn't too yuri, but idk desu

>>2033383
At least 2 girls are in love with the female MC. There are yuri moments, but the main focus of the game is the adventure story. It's higher quality than most yuri games that have been released in English, so I'm planning on checking it out.

>>2033385
thx mate, i'm definitely waiting it

>>2033382
Mangagamer licensed Kindred Spirits only after losing Flowers to JAST. Only one of these game is out by now.

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>>2033368
>translation so bad you have to start all over
>this delays product even further

Just JAST things.

Can anyone give me a solid fighting/wrestling game? I like toffi's games if that helps.

>>2033421
Street Fighter 2.

>>2033417

No, I'm pretty sure these licenses were essentially parallel. They all came in rather short succession and Mangagamer didn't plan to look at other Innocent Grey titles because they still had one they worked on at that time. The "licensing phase" of last year was long since over at the point they've been done with KnS2, so this year would've been the earliest they'd license it, especially because they have to get the other stuff out as well.

In short, Mangagamer chose their licenses last year, which did NOT include Flowers. They got surprised by the license as they thought they'd have the deal with its Dev and don't need to "hurry" and wanted KnS2 out first.
Well, something like that. I could be wrong I guess, but generally speaking a publisher can only publish so much. There's really no reason to assume Flowers would be out by Mangagamer even if they "wanted to license it last year", which, again, I don't think is true.

>>2033417
Both licenses were announced in July 2015, I don't think they would have only just started negotiations and concluded them within that month?

>>2033436
Negotiations can take alot of time. One of the only devs that gives MangaGamer licenses out of nowhere is MOONSTONE, because their games have sold very well through MangaGamer.

>>2033417
MangaGamer has said they never asked about Flowers, since they still had other Innocent Grey/Noesis titles in progress at the time.

Kindred Spirits was being worked on in secret even before it was officially announced. Most announcements don't start out as 0%, it's just that the fanbase doesn't find out until then that it's being translated.

>>2033193
Please don't beg for it and purchase it if you want it so much, it's worth it.

>>2033368
It was pretty obvious since its Jast

>>2033368
There's still hope for a good product? Great.
Not like I've had the time to start Kindred Spirits yet anyway.

As of five hours ago, the ending of Rising Angels Hope was apparently still being rewritten.

>>2033677
I do hope if its hetshit, /U/ explodes in a rage.

>>2033677
Source?

>>2033680
Twitter. Third party information says he's rewritten the last episode several times because he isn't happy with it.

>>2033679
>>2033679
as much as i hate het in yuri, it would be hilarious to watch the seething rage over it.

>>2033680
https://twitter.com/katajion
>>2033679
I do hope if it's not we give the guy a break

>>2033685
Looks like he really cares. I hope it's good.

>>2033684
Pretty sure he ended up doing the remake *because* of the fallout from the ending. Doubt he'd shooting down the goodwill Reborn earned him

>>2033695
Clearly it didn't earn him much goodwill.

>>2033417
Pretty sure we got the better deal there desu.

And at least JAST seem to actually be redoing the translation properly, so that's nice.

>>2033679
>>2033684
Rage is a result of hype and expectations getting betrayed, but judging from every comments about Hope I've seen on /u/ so far there's been no hype or expectations to speak of. Did anyone here even cared enough to buy or play it? Seems it got completely ignored because it's a remake of something /u/ hated and because Starlight Vega was released at the same time.

>>2033881
Hearing that the last iteration was a travesty against nat/u/re was enough to make me wait for copious spoilers before I'll decide if I want to try it also I'm playing Starlight Vega right now

>>2033876
I assume you mean because kindred wouldn't have been licensed otherwise.

It's not really a win if JAST screws up Flowers. I hope for your sake that they fix it. Autumn looks like it'll be fucking amazing.

>>2033881
Started playing it and so far the story is basically the same. I guess most people who care are waiting until it's out in its entirety and are reserving judgment for the end.

Reborn did at least offer a decent yuri route (two in the Stream release) and hey it's free. Also I think I remember the creator letting slip you may actually get to kill Sol in Fates.

>>2033895
>spoiler
Preordered.

>>2033895
I'd be surprised if it makes it out. The dev went through a major financial crisis and was depending on Hope to keep things afloat. With Hope crashing as hard as it is, I'm expecting to hear them shutting down any day.

>>2034147
Well, he's still working on the ending so it's likely he'll at least release something, though that may be the end of it

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[x] Touch fluffy ears

Well...this looks intersting. Roman Yuri

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfile
s/filedetails/?id=563827717

The art though....

>>2034217
>2016
>using default renpy
W H Y

>>2034221
Also that writing, holy shit
looks like a literal 12 year old wrote it

>>2034223
Cant be as bad as a Wild cat girl appears.

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>>2034214

>>2034217
>Roman Yuri
Nero from Grindfest/Extra looks more Roman. And man, that art. At this point it would've looked better without pictures.

I wish somebody would make a yuri text adventure. Something like Fenoxo's TiTS but, you know. With lesser dicks per distinctly fuckable creature ratio.

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>>2034231
I'll cherish your prospective 1,000 yen.

>>2034234
>Something like Fenoxo's TiTS but, you know
So much this. It's a great concept with huge potential. But the content is so overwhelmingly /d/ it's ridiculous. Something like it with more normal characters would be great.

>>2034234
>I wish somebody would make a yuri text adventure.
I know there's actually a huge collection of erotic text adventures out there somewhere but I've never really delved into them so I don't know how much, if any, lesbian action is available.

seeing what I can dig up...
http://newsletter.aifcommunity.org/index.php?id=reviews/review-choices.html
not finding much though, sigh

>>2034234
>yuri text adventure
Did you ever try birdland.camp (thats the site address). Its kind of trippy and weird but it was fun.

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>>2034239
Well, they were always more /d/ oriented, so it's not like that was a surprise. Although CoC had at least... four, I think, female companions with no dicks attached. Helia a cute.

>>2034250
>birdland.camp
>TOWN DRUNK: It appears I have been bested by the sheriff. Let us depart, fellow drunks.
>(He passes out. The thirty drunks all fall down and pass out with him.)

>DEPUTY: I am regarding them but their identity is unknown to me.
I, uh. I did not expect that. Can't say I'm enjoying the writing style so far. Are characters going to keep describing their attitude in details or is it going to stop after the introductory part?

>>2034263
Like I said it is trippy. There is a reason why they are acting weird. The love interest you pick (I think you can pick from a few? been awhile since I read it) won't act weird though, not sure if you got there yet.

>>2034263
I remember the monster girl that was the last of her species/tribe (I forget which creature she was though) being my personal favourite. I feel the urge to replay it now.

>>2034271
Ember? Depending on what you did to the egg before it hatched, you could make her either a dragon or a dragonmorph. Gender and additional "qualities" are also determined during the egg phase.

>>2034272
Nah it was the mouse girl, checked the wikia.

>>2034263
>Helia a cute.
You mean the one you had to fuck a Minotaur to get to really like you?
That game is a pile of nope for me.

>>2034274
Mouse girl becomes a futa if you don't become a futa, though.

>>2034274
>requires a dick, or goes futa
>furry unless you fix that
Nope.

>>2034274
Ah, that one. I accidentally told her to fuck off and didn't bother reloading, so I don't remember her well.

>>2034278
Save editor.

>>2034275
See above. You can circumvent it by editing the save.
Or you could just get any of the two other lizard girls and fuck them into oblivion, they're pretty decent, too.

>>2034286
>save editor makes it ok
Yeah, naw. Fuck off back to /d/.
Again.

>>2034289
Save editor can make it ok if you aren't retarded and can set the flags right.

>>2034290
It's just not worth playing at that point.
It's barely a game already, and if your manipulating it that way, you may as well just go read fapfiction.
It's not really worth discussion here.

>>2034292
>It's barely a game already
>VN general
Nice one.

>>2034293
Bwa! Totally throught I clicked the vidya thread.

Still not worth it, and doesn't belong here.

>>2034296
OH WAIT I DID

>>2034300
That was a joke based on the fact that the majority of yuri games are VNs. More so, a whole lot of them are kinetic novels.
Embric 2 never ever.

>doesn't belong here
I wasn't trying to say it did. Still worth mentioning just as an example of a good lewd text adventure game, even if it's mostly /d/. Although TiTS has surpassed it in quality.

>>2034302
>spoilers
Marquess of Notoriety barely even felt like an Embric sequel. It is bad that it got aborted, though.

As stingy as I am as a gamer, I'm proud to say I bought Starlight Vega and Kindred Spirits at their current prices. Now the emptiness is really hitting me hard after completing SV and I don't think I can even start KS as I am now

So I'm eyeing Stardew Valley, has anyone gotten gay married in it? If so, how is it? Really need a game that doesn't make me feel sad and empty after it ends

>>2034307
There was an imouto in one of the previous threads posting screenshots with progress, if you're interested.

>after it ends
Well, good news for you: Harvest Moon clones never end. Although I couldn't really get into Stardew Valley after RF4 because all NPC dialogues get repetitive after a while. There are only so much day-to-day lines they have, and characters don't really feel... I don't know, alive? If you're familiar with sandbox games (you probably are) like, say, Skyrim, you might've noticed that NPCs there don't really have much of a backstory or personality. SV is better in that regard but characters still feel a bit generic.
If you're a fan of Harvest Moon games and/or farming simulators, go for it. It's fun while it lasts and there aren't any strong emotions involved so you won't be left with a void inside of you after you quit wit for the final time.

>>2034307
Stardew Valley is more for Harvest Moon nostalgia with the added bonus of gay love interests, the characters felt distinct enough to be interesting but there wasn't a lot of substance to it in the end. Again, more for the Harvest Moon nostalgia. Not bad overall.

>>2034307
>Now the emptiness is really hitting me hard after completing SV and I don't think I can even start KS as I am now
You should definitely read KS, it's many hours of pure yuri bliss and-
>need a game that doesn't make me feel sad and empty after it ends
Nevermind, then.

I'm playing Stardew Valley, it takes a while to get married, since you need to build affection and all, but with one of the most recent patches the dev added some unique post-marriage dialogue. As the anon above me said, the characters aren't particularly deep or anything, but there are some cute cutscenes every time you raise your affection enough.
All in all, if you want to play it only for the marriage aspect you'll probably be disappointed, but the rest of the game is fun enough if you're into farming/mining and the usual HM stuff.

>>2034221
What should they use instead?

>>2034320
I believe that was a complaint about the complete lack of GUI customisation, which takes about five seconds to do.

Anything looks better than the blunt black box

>>2034313
Stardew Valley is nice. The gameplay is top notch. But the social part is a bit lacking.

Honestly I enjoyed a lot more the social part of World's Dawn. The town felt more alive.
And the marriage is really cute. Loved how the people comments on the inminent marriage.

>>2034239
As someone who loves those games, i think a yuri one would be great although i think the wide variety of fetishes and other elements to the game is what made it fun for a longer period than focusing on one sexual form.

I think you would have to replace it with something else to have that magic there, having it just 'oh hey your a standard stock girl coming across other not too different girls' would get boring fast, especially when relying on text. Personally i would keep it as monstergirls so you still have that air of excitement when you think 'what will i encounter next' although monstergirl games is a personal crave of mine so replace it with anything just don't copy the format while scrapping out 90% of the varied content.

Just got fire emblem fates and it's extremely gay.
Are all fire emblem games like this? I would have played sooner had I known.

>>2034445
Some of the older games like Path of Radiancs has a lesbian character. Awakening from what I remember has a little subtext as well

>>2034445
Radiant Dawn has a clear gay girl, but that game doesn't have supports so she doesn't get much characterization. The dlc in awakening has some suggestive stuff for the kid units, but obviously it doesn't go anywhere.

Why is playing a videogame with a lesbian femc so satisfying?

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>>2034467

From the past threads, how /u/ is The Shadows of Pygmalion? Or better yet, how much subtext does this game have?

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>>2034517
Been answered in past threads. It's yuri.
I believe I've read reports that Riko is legit in love with Mina while Jessica has more of a childish crush

>>2034517
>>2034522
You get tiny sprinklings of delicious subtexty scenes in the everyday life segments. Side character from the demo is outright yuri too.

I would say Jessica's one is more of a familial love. Of the main characters, Riko is the only one with an outright romantic crush (unambiguously stated in text). And of course, it becomes the defining trait of her character in the comedic drama CDs.

MC is... she doesn't do much to return her feelings. In the end, it seems like she does, but it isn't outright stated. Up for interpretation but I of course think that she does return it. Not that it matters though...with that ending.

It's been a while since I played it, but I recall it leaving me hoping they could have resolved it better. Just get it and enjoy the topnotch voice acting.

>>2034445
I remember Blazing Sword having pretty subtexty supports (fucking Florina, I swear). Probably other GBA games as well, Pegasus Knights seem universally gay. But before Path of Radiance subtext was all it had.
You should still play them, though. They're fun. Especially early games, since they aren't so convoluted with all that eugenics bullshit and have pretty neat sprite animations if you're into that.

>>2034278
>>2034280

>not corrupting Amily into your lesbian sex slave

In case anybody is interested, Sakura Fantasy is 66% off on Steam.

>>2034527
>drama CDs
If Kindred Spirits' sell well, then I hope there's a chance that they'll be translated.

>>2034627
Will they ever continue this? Seems like it's been abandoned in favor of other games.

>>2034871
>Will they ever continue this?
From what they've said about it, they had no idea where the story was going and just slapped 'Chapter 1' onto the game because they didn't have any sort of ending for what plot it suggested.

Now, since they don't really care about plot, they could make up any old nonsense, slap it in, and call it the next chapter, but as a sequel will probably attract fewer customers than 'Sakura Butterflies' would, I don't expect they'll bother.

>>2034884
Sakura Beach 2 didn't sell very well, so I agree that they likely won't bother much, if at all, with sequels in the future.

>they could make up any old nonsense, slap it in, and call it the next chapter
-Find Keira's sister living in the wild.
-Find the star.
-Run into tentacle monster lady again and tame her.
-Return to capital.
-Ardena finally explains significance of the star. Probably with some message about societal stagnation, or preserving the environment thrown in.
-Uses ancient magical powers of the star to fix the Mires.
-Harem Ending

>>2034884
Was it supposed to be a trilogy? They could just turn it into a duology and end it in the next chapter. They just need to resolve the plot threads they introduced in the first chapter.

>>2034627
I'm tempted, but I'm friends with my irl friends on steam, and I know they'll mock me.

>>2034909
That's why I have a separate Steam account just for this sort of games.

>>2034917
An interesting thought.

>>2034909
Profile Status => Private.

>>2034884
Wasn't their next Sakura game going to be yuri? A dungeon crawler of sorts, like Demon Master Chris if I recall.

>>2034929
There's supposed to be a dungeon one coming up, though it may not be any more yuri than Sakura Clicker

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>>2031116
>Pillars of Eternity added a lesbian companion?
it did ?
but this game still doesn't have any actual romance subplots, right?

>Fear Effect kickstarter, lots of questions still about Hana and Rain's relationship

>What’s the relationship between Hana & Rain?

>Hana is now free from the Triad, and Rain still follow her closely. They live & work together in Hong Kong, as mercenaries. And still in love, of course.

>We saw that that some of you thought that we would avoid to make any reference to their relationship in the game. That’s not our intention: for us, Hana & Rain are in relationship, and there is no doubt about this!
>The only thing that we will be careful about is not to over-sexualise this love relationship, that has been probably clumsily highlighted in some marketing campaigns in Fear Effect Retro Helix, and wasn’t doing justice to these two strong characters’ love affair.

Basically they are just not gonna promote the game with pic related I guess.

I still don't like the concept of this series going from action adventure to some weird rpg/strategy with isometric camera though but at least it's something?

Anyway I wonder if the new Fate/Extra game will have double protagonists again

>>2034969
>Anyway I wonder if the new Fate/Extra game will have double protagonists again
It does

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>>2034929
Sakura Dungeon hasn't shown anything particularly yuri. Sakura Adventure is the one where almost every revealed CG has been yuri.

>>2034969
>it did ?
Maneha, the companion that was added in White March part 2. She flirts with one of your female companion, but it goes nowhere.
>actual romance subplots
Best you can get are still prostitutes. Does hiring one to come work exclusively in your personal room in your stronghold counts as a romance subplot?

>>2034969
>but this game still doesn't have any actual romance subplots
Yup. Obsidian (mainly Josh Sawyer) do not like romances in RPGs.

>>2034993
He's a bit of a curmudgeon, but I see his point. Fade to black implied sex after giving your interest the correct answer enough times isn't really compelling narrative.

That just sounds to me like they need to work on writing romance, though.

>>2034995
I agree with both of those points.

>>2034974
>almost
Worrying.

>>2034995
>sex after giving your interest the correct answer enough times
sounds like every VN ever.

I agree though that the romance in Bioware and (especially) Bethesda games is generally pisspoor but

>>2034995
>That just sounds to me like they need to work on writing romance, though.

It's obviously fair enough if they decided that's not what they want to include in their story this time but I kinda like forming emotional bonds with my party members.
At least I made my character a lesbian in her past life.

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>>2035000
The others are solo pics. It means nothing.

>>2035004
>sounds like every VN ever.
To people unfamiliar with that genre.

>>2035010
"pick these choices to achieve outcome X" is literally the only mechanic most Visual Novels have.

>>2035012
The vast majority of choices are not a case of
>giving your interest the correct answer enough times
but that's how people who don't actually play them tend to assume it would be

>>2035013
In those that actually focus on romance they are but ok.

>>2035018
Nope. What have you played?

>>2035020
The majority of VNs with multiple romance options work with a hidden affection point system, where your choices gain or lose affection points with certain characters and at certain points conversation options are shown/hidden or the story otherwise branches based on those affection points.

It's literally giving the correct answer to your interest enough times.

>>2035023
Even with points based systems, a lot of the choices aren't choosing an answer to give a love interest, because it can be things like who do you choose or where do you go. And actually it's a bold statement to say you know the majority use affection points.

What have you played?

>>2035037
Sure, but you're hair-splitting there. Obviously not all games boil down to 'answer the love interest's quiz questions correctly to bang them', but the underlying concept is that making the right choices is guaranteed to lead you to an ending.

Not necessarily a happy ending, since there are plenty of romantic VNs where some romances are doomed no matter what you do, which is something not always realised by people who don't play a lot of such games.

The naive view from outsiders is often "all you have to do is suck up to any girl and she'll sleep with you, this is a terrible thing to teach players!" but the truth is more complicated. It's just as far to say that all you have to do is "be the sort of person that the love interest wants, and some kind of relationship will happen"

>>2035042
>It's just as far to say that all you have to do is "be the sort of person that the love interest wants, and some kind of relationship will happen"
If that was an accurate description of what the player's involvement is normally like, the genre would be pretty different, so I don't think I was splitting hairs.

>>2035004
> forming emotional bonds with my party members

This is why I'm warily excited about the upcoming Torment game since they been promising something like that with the companions. I just hope it's not gonna be as disappointing as PoE and Wasteland 2 were.

>>2035020
I'm sorry to say but I think you're wrong and that other poster is right, though sometimes they do a better job of disguising the answer. All visual novels, mechanically, can be boiled down to selecting a dialogue choice to achieve a particular outcome. If you want a particular romance, you just have to select the "right" answer enough times.

>>2034868
Not likely since the kindred spirits drama CDs were released as a standalone product. Pyg's were as a bonus. I don't think they will be allowed to sell it as a separate product.

>>2035272
What romance in games doesn't follow that formula when you boil it down?

>>2035272
>All visual novels, mechanically, can be boiled down to selecting a dialogue choice to achieve a particular outcome
Except that's wrong and you'd know it if you really knew the genre. It's a fraction that only have dialogue choices. There are probably even more that have only non-dialogue choices. Games where what route you get comes down only to picking from among locations or heroines aren't unusual.

Even with choices that are dialogue, that ones that you need to get "right" for a particular heroine's route aren't necessarily what to say to that heroine, so don't fit the misconception about what the player does in such games.

>>2035331
What exactly are you even arguing? If there's no choices, then the player has no agency whatsoever in the romance, it's just reading a story. That's fine, it's just not even a game at that point, and it's kinda dumb to even bring it up as a point of contention because it has no relevance.

>Even with choices that are dialogue, that ones that you need to get "right" for a particular heroine's route aren't necessarily what to say to that heroine
Most of the time, it is--or it's about what to do to fit into the particular story for that girl.

Also, lose the condescending "if you knew the genre you'd know this" shit.

>>2035314
That's the point. Which is why it's rather weird to mock things like Bioware romances while this thread is primarily about VNs, which are often not much better (if at all) in terms of compelling romance drama and even worse in terms of "make choice > acquire girl".

>>2035343
>What exactly are you even arguing?
That thinking that player agency in such games is mostly about choosing the right things for the protag to say to the heroine they want to pursue is a misconception (one common among people who aren't really familiar with the genre).

>If there's no choices, then the player has no agency whatsoever in the romance, it's just reading a story. That's fine, it's just not even a game at that point, and it's kinda dumb to even bring it up as a point of contention because it has no relevance.
I haven't brought up games that have no choices.

>Also, lose the condescending "if you knew the genre you'd know this" shit.
You're sure making it seem like you don't know it.

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Flowers -Le Volume sur Automne- (https://vndb.org/v18152) coming 2016-05-27. English translation coming 4 years from now? (or never)

>>2035373
Cute

>>2035365
That's not what you said here though
>>2035331
>All visual novels, mechanically, can be boiled down to selecting a dialogue choice to achieve a particular outcome
You said this was wrong, and have yet to explain why. You refer to misconceptions about saying the right thing to the girl, but that's irrelevant to the point. A visual novel is, mechanically, reading a story and maybe occasionally making a choice from a list of text options. Typically, a romance comes out of making the "right" choices. Maybe it's not always "saying the right thing" to the girl, but it is about selecting the right dialogue options, if there is player agency in the choice at all.

Unless you're being extremely pedantic and taking issue with the phrase "dialogue choice" not including a choice of taking a particular action as opposed to speaking.

>>2035365
>choosing the right things for the protag to say to the heroine they want to pursue is a misconception
And the other anons argued that it didn't matter what the choices are about. At the end of the day it's making choices, even some that are unrelated, and a consequence of some combination(s) of these choices is the protag getting with the girl. It's really not that different compared to the latest BioWare romances, really. For example in DA:I the romance subplot will happen when you have enough approval and express an interest. And while approval can be gained in conversation with the love interest, easily half of it will be gained through making decisions completely unrelated to said love interest.

The only real differences is that RPGs tend to be much more blatant about their underlying mechanic (you usually get a prompt for approval changes), and VNs have a much bigger wordcount devoted to the relationship. Those differences allow VNs to both better hide how they work and make the romance more natural.

>>2035004
>spoiler
Who didn't?

>>2035365
While not all choices are about speaking directly to the heroine, that is intentional hair-splitting if the end result is still Making Choices That Affect The Heroine's Affection Rating.

Now, there are games where you pick a love interest straight out and your choices affect what kind of ending you get, not whether you get together at all. There are games where your romance is doomed no matter what you pick. There are games where you pick a love interest straight out and your choices after that are nothing but flavor-fluff because you're already heading towards the single Good End. There are games where you pick a love interest and that's the only choice you get to make in the entire game. All VNs are not entirely the same.

However, in a pure visual novel, the player's agency pretty much IS limited to 'making the right choices to get the desired outcome'.

>>2035365
>You're sure making it seem like you don't know it.
You're sure making it seem like you have a hard on for arguing semantics for the sake of it.

It doesn't matter if it's "say this thing to the girl of choice to acquire affinity points" or "skip school in order to meet with the girl of choice to start acquiring affinity points". In the end it all boils down to
>make these choices -> girl of choice accepts (or rejects) you

You can argue that in most visual novels the mechanic doesn't feel so hollow and simple as in most western RPGs, due to it generally not being a kind of side quest but the "meat" of the story, but in the end if you simplify it it's basically the same thing.

>>2035373
They're really not gonna go easy on my wallet, are they?

It seems this isn't even the 16,000jpy giclee.

Flowers Aki-hen.

We're getting sample tracks for the OST, sample voices in the character pages and some sample CG in the evening tomorrow.

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The platty is happy.

>>2035308
The actual question is if they can license it. The release format in Japan has no bearing on the English release.

>>2035576
Not chubby enough.

>>2035580
Who knows anon, play your cards right and you just might be able to fatten her up.
wink wink nude nudge

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>>2035581
>forcefeeding a platypus
>giving her tasty treats for obeying your commands, making her chubbier in the process
>treating her on a nice dinner every weekend under the pretense of a "date" while in reality you just want to fatten her up and pet her soft belly

>>2035576
She's cuter than I expected. I like the poncho.

>>2035588
I honestly tried to make her a little unappealing in that regard but dang it my love for cute girls won over.

ah, finally the sketch for my yuri bullying CG is in!

>>2035727
Share it!

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>>2035755
okay, but only a little

>>2035783
>>2035727
when is game dropping?

>>2035803
Next month? I don't know, I don't like putting dates on things until they're finished, just in case someone gets hit by a bus.

So sakura fantasy got an update


for japanese voice....
http://steamcommunity.com/games/375200/announcements/detail/946129783063037545

>>2035822
For what purpose?

>>2035824
I've seen some people so determined to hate English voice acting that they demand Japanese voices for their western games

>>2035845
It's easier to handle so-so acting in a foreign language. You still get the general emotional character of the line, without being distracted by all the little details that would nag at you if you could understand every nuance.

Getting JP voice acting is a bit silly but I can see how it might be more pleasant than low-budget english voicing.

Good English voicing would be better but since even the smaller video game companies tend to rely on the same pool of bad actors who can't pronounce the names of characters....

>>2035857
But it's an OEL game by English-speaking devs, that doesn't take place in Japan or feature Japanese characters.
I could kind of see it for some of their other titles, but Fantasy has nothing to do with Japan.

>>2035872
For a laugh I'd like to see someone randomly voice an english game in Italian. I just like the way that language sounds.

>>2035845
i think it's more that jap va are very cheap and even free if you pick total nobodies, which i can assume they are since they weren't mentioned. even the worst english va tends to want thousands for menial work.

>>2035822
>looks at the discussion forums
Almost 50 pages worth of suckers still believing the never-updated post from a year ago that a chapter 2 would happen 'soon'.

>>2035373
Only a month to go, the initiative I needed to finally start up summer again and get all the endings.

>>2035579
That's the thing. I think getting the license to it will be difficult as it's something meant for first press purchasers, as an incentive for them to buy early. Has there ever been any tokuten, something not meant for sale when it was released in Japan, being sold separately in English?

If it's been included with the purchase of the main game, I can see it happening. For a tokuten to make it to full standalone product? Unlikely.

>>2035990
They can include it as a DLC. Maybe a free one, if they can't get the rights to sell it.